This healthy, low calorie five-ingredient creamy ranch dressing recipe is made with fresh dill, lemon juice, and plain yogurt. There are many things I love and admire about my beautiful mother but I am especially grateful that she taught me the art of making homemade salad dressing. The truth is, we never had bottled salad…
Healthier Slow-Cooker Butter Chicken + Weekly Menu
Oh hello, January. We were out to dinner last night, watching the snow fall at a steady pace and at a 45 degree angle with the wind. The US Army Corps of Engineers report says that waves on Lake Michigan may reach 18 feet (!) today. Bananas. As excited as I am for my niece’s…
How to Go Vegan: Guide & Recipes
Here’s how to go vegan: a beginners guide and all the healthy recipes you need. Plant based eating can be affordable, filling and delicious! Looking to start a vegan diet? You’ve come to the right place. Here at A Couple Cooks, we’re experts in plant based cooking and cookbook authors. Alex and I have devoted our…
Fennel Orange Salad
Here’s a refreshing and easy side dish: fennel orange salad! It pairs juicy orange and the subtle licorice essence of fennel with a citrus vinaigrette. Ready to meet our (and your) new favorite salad? Fennel orange salad! It features beautiful juicy oranges, with their vibrant color and citrusy flavor. Add to that a famous pairing:…
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Chicken fajitas just got even easier with this one pan, sheet-pan recipe! Chicken is roasted in the oven with peppers and onions until tender, juicy and caramelized. Sheet pan chicken dinner recipes are always a lifesaver when it comes to fast and healthy cooking. Whether it’s my Sheet Pan Lebanese Shish Tawook Chicken, One Pan Italian…
Southern Deviled Egg Salad (keto, zero carb, dairy free)
Get Social 53 251 What do you do when your hard boiled eggs won’t peel but you really want a deviled egg? You make keto deviled egg salad, duh! This easy, fool proof, and zero carb snack is perfect for your keto lunch box or summer bbq! This recipe was…
Peanut Butter Dip
Wow, do people love this one! This healthy peanut butter dip is just 4 ingredients and tastes like frosting! Perfect for dipping apples, pretzels or fruit. Want our best healthy snack trick? This peanut butter dip! It’s just 4 ingredients and somehow tastes like frosting. Really, Alex and I were surprised the first time we…
Sesame Soba Noodles with Roasted Salmon + Weekly Menu
The weekend went by in a blur. Somehow. I mean, it was painful losing 3 hockey games in a matter of 16 hours, but…had fun losing with the group of guys that I did. We made some memories and most definitely had lots of laughs. It really made me miss playing in tournaments – something…
Simple Chickpea Salad
A 5-minute fast lunch idea! This simple chickpea salad is easy to throw together: the perfect healthy plant based desk lunch or quick fix dinner. Ready for one of our best quick fix meals? This simple chickpea salad. Some people might say it’s not even a recipe. Well, over here we’ve got fancy recipes like…
Baked Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Jump to Recipe Oven-baked and not fried, these Rosemary Sweet Potato Fries are both easy to prepare and guaranteed to be loved by all. The ultimate nutritious side dish! Rosemary sweet potato fries is one of my favorite go-to weeknight side dishes. After throwing…
Pupusas (Salvadoran Stuffed Corn Cakes)
Everybody loves Pupusas. These corn cakes can be found in most cities across the US today, at locations known as Pupuserías. They’re one of the best street foods around, warming the belly with its signature combination of hearty corn/beans/cheese, tangy Curtido slaw, and spicy tomato salsa. The story of this dish is surprisingly complex. Pupusas…
Vegan Fettuccine Alfredo
WOW! This vegan fettuccine alfredo tastes decadent, but the creamy sauce is filled with healthy plant based ingredients. An easy dinner in under 30 minutes! Dinnertime just got easier. This vegan fettuccine alfredo is a winner with everyone from kids to meat lovers: it’s just that good! The impossibly creamy sauce is a healthy spin…
Almond Flour Banana Nut Muffins (Gluten Free)
Light, hearty and perfectly moist, these gluten-free banana nut muffins taste are high in protein, low carb and oh-so-delicious. The ultimate breakfast or snack recipe for on-the-go! Once I started baking with almond flour I was immediately hooked! Light, nutty, and almost buttery in texture, I love how airy and moist baked goods turn out…
Recipe | Fat Elvis Ice Cream
I’ve been wanting an ice cream maker for a while. My husband, however, wasn’t convinced that it was a necessity. When the Steamy Kitchen store had a deal for $50 off of a $100 purchase, I figured it was a sign. It was the cosmos saying, “Kieeeeersten, buy yourself an ice cream maaaaker. Make delicious…
Family Friday (vol. 105): Holiday Hangover
It seemed like December dragged in some ways, and now January is flying by. I’m playing hockey all weekend, followed by my niece’s first birthday next weekend, followed by a local beer fest the following weekend. All good things! When the days are grey and you feel as if you’ll never see the sun again,…
Super Easy No-Knead Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
This is not a post meant to shame you into making your own whole wheat sandwich bread. Because I am not one of those bloggers. You know, the kind that make you feel like a terrible human being because you’re not making your own almond milk from almonds you grew yourself, maintaining your own bee…
Freezer-Friendly Greens & Tofu Scramble Wraps
It’s always my goal to create recipes that aren’t just tasty, but that are doable. For me, part of “doable” is ingredients that are readily available. This isn’t just about you, it’s also about me—I live in a smallish town and I don’t want to be schlepping all over the place for ingredients either. But…
Simple Citrus Salad
This refreshingly simple citrus salad features grapefruit and oranges topped with a tangy vinaigrette and fresh mint. A light and healthy side dish! Here’s a refreshingly simple recipe that’s just begging to jump on your table: citrus salad! It stars all the beautiful, vibrant citrus: tangy grapefruit, navel oranges, and sweet blood oranges. They’re drizzled…
Citrus Salad with Goat Cheese and Pistachios
This quick and easy Winter citrus salad is topped with goat cheese, pistachios, mint and olive oil. Simple enough for a casual weeknight dinner but elegant enough for entertaining. We eat salads all year round and while I love our go-to every day Syrian green salad, I also love changing up my salads throughout the…
Vegan Sloppy Joes
This vegan Sloppy Joes recipe has a tangy lentil filling that’s full of flavor and nutrients! It’s a plant based dinner everyone will love. Looking for plant based recipes to please everyone at the table? These days, Alex and I getting lots of requests for veggie-centric recipes to feed a crowd. In fact, per the…
30-Minute Spicy Chicken Lo Mein
As expected, this first full week back to work after the holidays has been a doozy. In many ways, it’s great to be busy at work again, but this week has definitely been stressful! I got an email at 11:15am on Monday from our marketing department, asking if I’d be available for an interview around…
Easy Sheet Pan Dinner
This easy sheet pan dinner is filled with healthy vegetables and fresh flavor! Throw it all in the oven while you cook rice or quinoa. Dinnertime win! In the mood for a sheet pan dinner? Roasting your dinner on a baking sheet makes for an easy meal concept! Here’s the thing: this concept works best…
Sausage, Kale and Butternut Squash Soup
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Jump to Recipe Spicy Italian sausage, hearty kale, and creamy butternut squash create a warm and satisfying soup that is perfect for freezing. One of my favorite quick and healthy dinners in the middle of Winter is a warm bowl of soup. Spicy…
Camarones al Ajillo (Shrimp in Garlic Sauce)
Shrimp recipes generally fall into one of two categories: dead simple and fast, or elaborate and slow (with the shrimp thrown in at the end). This dish falls into both categories – you can whip it up in just a few minutes, or you could marinate it up to overnight for more flavor. Sky’s the…
Keto Kung Pao Fried Brussels Sprouts
Kung Pao Fried Brussels Sprouts for the win! This tangy side dish is loaded with flavor. Who doesn’t love fried Brussels sprouts?! They’re crunchy, salty, and all-around perfect. We’re taking them to the next level though by adding in all of our favorite Kung Pao flavors! Green onions, garlic, ginger, chilies, a bit of sweetness…